Canonical: https://peninsulainsider.com.au/eat/merricks-general-wine-store/ Publisher: Peninsula Insider Published: unknown Modified: unknown Format: public main text, generated from the canonical page; imagery and interactive controls omitted. Dates and caveats below retain their page meaning; this format is not a new fact check. [Eat & Drink]() Restaurant [Merricks]() # Merricks General Wine Store The old Merricks general store reborn as a cellar door, bakery, and produce-forward lunch room. Known for Original Merricks Village Store Barragunda Wines Cellar Door Wood-Fired Pizza and Sunday Roast Peninsula Produce Retail [Reserve a table]() +61 3 5989 8088 - Photo · Peter Foster, courtesy of Visit Victoria - Photo · Peter Foster, courtesy of Visit Victoria - Photo · Peter Foster, courtesy of Visit Victoria - Photo · Peter Foster, courtesy of Visit Victoria - Photo · Peter Foster, courtesy of Visit Victoria - Photo · Peter Foster, courtesy of Visit Victoria - Photo · Peter Foster, courtesy of Visit Victoria - Photo · Peter Foster, courtesy of Visit Victoria - Photo · Peter Foster, courtesy of Visit Victoria 1 of 9 1 / 9 Timber tables set for lunch before an open kitchen with hanging woven baskets and shelves of wine at Merricks General Wine Store Merricks General Wine Store, Mornington Peninsula. Photo · Peter Foster, courtesy of Visit Victoria Why we’d go The room that makes the Peninsula feel like it still belongs to itself, unhurried, unfussy, and entirely of where it is. Merricks General Wine Store occupies what used to be the village's original general store, and it has turned those bones into one of the most likeable rooms on the Peninsula. The front of the building is part cellar door for the Baillieu family's Barragunda wines, part retail for Peninsula producers, chutneys, oils, cheeses, and the back is a long, daylit dining room looking out over paddocks and eucalypts. The building has been changed and not changed at the same time, which is harder to pull off than it sounds. Photo · Peter Foster, courtesy of Visit Victoria The food is deliberately unfussy: a short menu that leans on pizza from a wood oven, a day's-catch fish, a lamb roast on Sundays, and pastries from the bakery that are worth arriving early for. The wine list is smartly priced and reflects the fact that the owners make wine themselves. Good for a lunch that is not trying to be an event. Good for breakfast after a Merricks cottage stay. Very good for anyone who wants to know what a Peninsula village still can feel like. Worth knowing **Best for** Long lunches · Local produce · Cellar door visits · First-time visitors If you only do one thing Arrive in time for a bakery pastry, sit in the back dining room with a glass of Barragunda, and order the Sunday lamb roast if you are there for it. Works well with Stonier Wines · Rare Hare at Willow Creek Filed under Slow Long Lunch Garden Fireplace All Year Couples Families Locals First Timers At a glance **Type** Restaurant **Location** 3460 Frankston-Flinders Rd, Merricks VIC 3916 · [Directions]() **Call** +61 3 5989 8088 **Website** [merricksstore.com.au]() **Directions** [Get directions]() **Live status** [Check current hours →]() [Book now]() Not sure how to build a day around Merricks General Wine Store? 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